Buildings as canvases – ARK’s bold Quad student residence published in the September issue of Canadian Architect

Petroff is proud to share that the Quad Student Residence at York University, designed by sister firm ARK Inc, has been published in the September 2019 issue of Canadian Architect.

Two six-storey student housing buildings, clad in black metal panels, sit alongside each other at the southern end of Toronto’s York University campus. Behind them are parking lots and beside them is a scraggly field, waiting to become something better. The most striking thing about these new housing blocks—named The Quad—are the delicate line drawings etched into their almost pure black metal exteriors.